THE NATURE CONSERVANCY for NATURE CONSERVANCY

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

None

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Natl Park Service (NPS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Action on H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, including specific provisions relating to Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, Forest Legacy projects, United States Geological Survey funding for water management, invasive weed management at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge,

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Forest Service; Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Park Service (NPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 2643 (110th), S. 1696 (110th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Action on S. 2191, Americas Climate Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to funding to assist fish and wildlife adaptation to climate change (sections 4701 and 4702), trading of forest carbon offsets, scientific review, emission reductions, allocation, scope of coverage, international adaptation, target CO2 concentration, Land and Water Conservation Fund, tax incentives, and guidelines for implementation of a Recovery Credit Trading Program;

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Natl Park Service (NPS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 2191 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

Action on H.R. 2419, Farm and Energy Security Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to conservation, forestry, the amendment to provide grants to municipalities for response to invasive forest pests, forest land acquisition tax incentives, funding for Sage Grouse,

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Park Service (NPS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Action on S. 1142/H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act including specific provisions relating to implementation; H.R. 5263/ S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008; S. 2179, National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to forests;

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); U.S. Forest Service; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 5263 (110th), S. 2179 (110th), S. 1142 (110th), S. 2593 (110th), H.R. 1907 (110th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Action on H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to project authorities and NGOs as cost-share partners; H.R. 2421/S.1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to Camp Creek and Willamette River flood plain restoration; S. 1578, Ballast Water Management Act; and the Presidential Executive Order to establish a National Marine Sanctuary or other Marine Protected Area in the Gulf of Mexico.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Park Service (NPS); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Bills named: S. 1870 (110th), H.R. 2421 (110th), H.R. 1495 (110th), S. 1578 (110th)